HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1796        FILED ON: 1/13/2009

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 557

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act prohibiting certain election practices..

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

SECTION 1. Chapter 56 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition,  is hereby amended by inserting after section 41A the following section:–

     Section 41B.  No political party, political committee or person, including but not limited to a candidate for elective office or a supporter thereof, shall register a web site that could be identified as the web site of another person who is an elected official, or a candidate or potential candidate for elective office.  Whoever knowingly violated this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000 or by imprisonment for not more than 6 months.